Washington — Last month, lawmakers in Congress finally resolved a funding fight that had stretched on for months, approving two separate bills to keep the government open and avoid a shutdown that would have had dire economic consequences. And they did it just in time to start the process all over again. The funding packages
“Our alliance with the Philippines is the oldest in the Indo Pacific and has never been stronger,” says one senior administration official. President Joe Biden is set to enter a second day of modernizing alliances in the Indo-Pacific with a bilateral summit meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., followed by the first-ever trilateral meeting
‘Harvard has a responsibility to listen to us,’ says Asmer Asrar Safi Asmer Safi (via asmersafi.me) The Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee, an anti-Israel student group, passed a petition on Tuesday that started the wheels turning toward a student referendum on whether Harvard University should divest from Israel. The student behind the effort is a
Rep. Bob Good proposes bill to block Iran diplomacy until it severs cash ties to China and ends Hamas support Rep. Bob Good (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Republican legislation in the House would bar the Biden administration from spending taxpayer dollars to advance a nuclear deal with Iran until the hardline regime severs its cash ties
United States District Court Judge K. Michael Moore ruled city commissioners ‘unconstitutionally’ drew district lines in both 2022 and 2023 based on race. A federal judge has struck down Miami’s current city commission maps, ruling that the city “unconstitutionally” drew district lines based on race. Originally filed in 2022, when the city redistricted the five
The new cherry trees will replace the existing ones around the Tidal Basin in Washington. Japan is giving the United States 250 cherry trees, meant to reflect the strong geopolitical alliance and friendship between the two nations, President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Wednesday. The new trees will replace the
The greenhouse gas emissions rule would force transportation departments to measure their transportation-related emissions and set reduction targets. The U.S. Senate has passed a disapproval resolution overturning a regulation from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) requiring states to measure and set goals for reducing carbon emissions from vehicles using the national highway system. The FHWA